Expressive Oil Portraiture: Explore the Alla Prima Technique
Creating Dimension 2
A course by A.J. Alper , Painter
About the video: Creating Dimension 2
Overview
“Great painters have an arsenal of tricks to make the paint on a two-dimensional surface fool the brain into thinking that it is looking at something three-dimensional. In this lesson, I'll continue sharing mine. ”
In this video lesson A.J. Alper addresses the topic: Creating Dimension 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Expressive Oil Portraiture: Explore the Alla Prima Technique. Discover how to paint captivating portraits that capture immediacy and emotion with every brush stroke.
Partial transcription of the video
“Creating Dimension. If you look closely at her far eye, you can see that there's a highlight in the near eye, and there is just a little bit of an edge of a highlight that's just over the bridge of her nose. It's very small but it's just enough to add additional interest to her stare. I want to think about her whole unit of the eye as being a ball that's being covered by her eyelids. So, this part, the sclera or the white part of the eye is a sphere that is pointing towards us where the iris is, and then slowly turns away from us. So, that white of the eye becomes grayer and a little bit da...”
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Course summary for: Expressive Oil Portraiture: Explore the Alla Prima Technique
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Fine Arts, Oil Painting, Painting
A.J. Alper
A course by A.J. Alper
AJ Alper is an American painter specialized in oil painting. Though painting has always been his passion, his career first led him to become a graphic designer and web developer. He eventually decided to follow his creative instinct and dedicated himself to the world of oil painting.
Through his social media, he has created an online community committed to encouraging and educating his followers about the art of oil painting and portraiture. With over a hundred thousand followers, he started the 100-Day Portrait Challenge to encourage his community to express their creativity. His work can be found on the walls of Marriott hotels, Mitsubishi corporations, Philip Morris buildings as well as in various solo exhibitions throughout the US.
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